We believe in attention to detail at AESSEAL’s Factory for the Future, which is currently being built at Mill Close in Rotherham. That’s why we’ve opted for an asphalt surface made from recycled plastic bags that would otherwise go straight to landfill.
The site is using 36 tonnes of ‘M8’ plastic surfacing material, produced by Macrebur in Scotland, the ‘plastic road’ people. This innovative material, used in pellet form, has saved the equivalent of 40,000 single-use plastic bags from going to landfill and has offset 279kg of CO2.
Every little helps.
Following site works, construction began on Monday 28 February on the AESSEAL Factory for the future.
Overall, the project, which is due for completion in January 2023, is expected to cost £12.16 million ($16.3 million), including an estimated £2.9 million ($4 million) of ‘green-only’ investment, such as solar panels, battery storage, and other energy-saving measures.
This is just one part of AES Engineering’s 29by29 pledge to invest £29 million ($40 million) in environmentally-friendly projects in its global operations by 2029 in order to go beyond Net Zero.
The group calculates that Net Zero on Scopes 1, 2 and 3 was already reached in 2021 globally (pending confirmation by the independent auditors).
